Digital television transition in India
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Digital television transition in India began in 2010.
List of Channels[edit]
End of an Era[edit]
31 March 2022 marked an important milestone in the history of India's broadcasting landscape as the national broadcaster, Doordarshan, phased out the last set of obsolete Analogue Terrestrial TV transmitters.
History[edit]
Digital satellite and cable TV[edit]
Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011 has made digital satellite and cable television transition mandatory in four phases. It was implemented after multiple extension of analogue switch-off dates. The broadcasters, Multi System Operators (MSOs), Local Cable Operators (LCOs) were ordered by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to end analogue transmission completely on 31 March 2017.[1][2][3]
| Phase | Area | Regulatory direction for Analogue Switch-off | Actual Implementation Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 4 metros – Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai | 30 June 2012 | 31 October 2012 (Delhi and Mumbai); 15 February 2013 (Kolkata); 17 August 2017 (Chennai)[5] |
| II | 38 cities with population more than 1 million | 31 March 2013 | 1 January 2014 |
| III | All other urban areas across India with a municipality | 30 September 2014 | 31 January 2017[6][7] |
| IV | Rest of India | 31 December 2014 | 31 March 2017[1] |
Digital terrestrial TV[edit]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set the deadlines for the completion of transition to Digital terrestrial TV Phase I (Metro cities) by 31 December 2019, Phase II (cities having a population of more than one million) by 31 December 2021, and Phase III (the rest of India) by 31 December 2023.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cut-Off Date For Phase IV Of Cable TV Digitisation Extended". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Full transition to digital cable TV in 2016", The Hindu Business Line, 24 September 2015
- ^ Gupta, Swastik; Tiwari, Mradul; Deep, Abhay; Gupta, Alka; Garg, Himanshu; Yadav, Alok Kumar (March 2015). "Transition from analog to digital television a much awaited change in India". 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT). Coimbatore, India: IEEE. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1109/ICECCT.2015.7226180. ISBN 978-1-4799-6084-2. S2CID 17904728.
- ^ Kapoor, Arun; Mittal, Amit; Sharma, Sandhir; Dhiman, Rahul (3 October 2017). "Evolution from Analogue to Digital Television in India: An Update of Stakeholders' Subscription Revenues and Challenges". International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research. 15: 361–379 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "MIB asks Arasu: Give proof of analogue switch-off". Indian Television Dot Com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "No extension for analogue TV signal in India". Public Media Alliance. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ ANI (25 January 2017). "Centre warns cable operators to switch off analog signals in Phase III urban areas or face seizure of equipment". India.com. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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